The district Assessment Committee at Dearborn Public Schools issued the following press release:
As our community is aware, there has been considerable discussion the last few years about ‘over-testing’ in American schools. We have heard concerns from parents, teachers, staff and board members. The topic has been consistently raised by teachers and parents at our recent Coffee with the Superintendent meetings. While some of these assessments are required by the state or federal government, such as M-STEP and SAT, we have control over what other assessments are required by our district. The district Assessment Committee (administrators, teachers) has also studied the issue of percent of time spent on assessments for the past year and concluded that much time is being spent on summative assessments.
For the full memo, please click on Changes in Assessments-2017-18 (04-21-17) or visit the link Assessment Reduction in Dearborn Public Schools